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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Aug 29, 2007 12:53 PM
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You can't MAKE someone cook... but you can help them...
I think the idea of having your niece over and doing a cooking project is the right approach... Keep it simple, but help her see the techniques.. .
The other thing I'm going to recommend is to find out what her husband really likes... make that! I've had the good blessing of learning the "how to's" from my Mom from a young age, and the added blessing of being able to figure out the rest... but the "like to cook" part is greatly enhanced by a little praise from the ones eating the meal!
"Oh WOW! This is good!" makes the effort required worth while.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Aug 21, 2007 1:14 AM
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> I think it is too late...You will give yourself
> fissures trying to teach her anything at this point.
It's never too late to learn something new. I taught my boyfriend how to cook after we met (he was already in his 30s and couldn't cook anything at all!!!!)
But like some others have said, you can't force someone to love to cook. But you can teach them how to have healthy meals in a hurry with things like Power Cooking to fill the freezer with ready-to-cook meals. I help people with this all the time. Having an outline for the meals and steps and the tools that are needed makes for a simple Power Cooking day.
It's a matter of making a person see that going OUT to eat takes much more time than cooking a meal at home. And it saves soooooo much money!
But you still can't force a person to cook. Having a friend or family member over for dinner, and making sure they get there early enough to see you in the kitchen, enjoying what you're doing will work wonders!!!
As I mentioned before, I taught my boyfriend how to cook. He became interested in learning by being here while I was cooking dinner, and seeing how much I enjoyed it. He had only seen his family and his ex-wife cooking and they didn't enjoy it, so he saw it as a "chore". Food is so much fun, and you can be so creative! Cooking a very forgiving hobby, always learning new things.......
Good luck with sharing your passion for food with others!
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Jul 18, 2007 2:35 PM
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I am a newlywed myself and I have a hard time finding things to cook. That is why I came here. But I got all the things she got on the registry. The KA mixer comes with a cookbook and how to use the mixer. I love baking in that thing.
The difference is, I wanted to do it. I really want to cook. So this might not help at all. But I like the pp suggestions of cook with her! I think that will help a lot. She just needs to learn a couple basics.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Jul 9, 2007 1:57 PM
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I think that it would be a good idea to first teach someone who didn't know how to cook to just make very simple snacks how to make quick - fix things that you can pick up at the store and then if they end up liking to cook they will want to make more difficult things and eventually get better on their own.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Jul 5, 2007 4:22 PM
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You could get someone to cook by telling them it's fun and healthy and maybe it will help them learn other new things too like learning ingredient names and measurements if you are teaching a small child.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 23, 2007 10:43 AM
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I agree. That would be a fun day. But I definitely would not make something big that took all day. That would send exactly the wrong message to your niece.
Make a few simple but yummy things to show her how easy cooking is. Pick at least one recipe that uses a food preocessor.
Share a tini or two and have a good time.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 22, 2007 9:10 PM
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Snowflake's right. You should bring her to your house! That way the two of you can have a girls day in cooking and bonding! Plus- you can teach her the joys of creating an adorable tablescape to go with the meal!! Fix a pitcher of 'tinis, break out the hot glue gun and have fun!!
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 21, 2007 7:03 PM
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If she doesn't want to cook, you really can't force her to want to. She will probably cook out of nescessity if she has to, but she might not enjoy it. What I recommend is invite her up your house to make something big that takes hours. That way you two can bond and make something together. Going over her house and showing her does not sound like a good solution. It seems overbearing and like you are forcing her, and she might perceive it that way.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 6, 2007 3:09 PM
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Mrs. R......we did the same thing with my second sister. She had a craving for Spam with a tincture of Catalina dressing.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 6, 2007 2:17 PM
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Perhaps you might pick out a particularly favorite dish of her's, something she's enjoyed in restaurants, or mentioned after seeing on tv that she'd like to try it. Work with her (and a recipe from a trusted source) to help her make it by herself. That's how we taught my youngest sister how to cook. We taught her to make something called kishke because she used to steal it off our plates at dinner if she could, she liked it so much. It's not particularly difficult to make but once she had it all done she was so proud!
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 6, 2007 2:00 PM
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Hey I like this idea. Anything that is easy and quick.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 5, 2007 1:19 PM
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I had to learn how to cook when my first child got impetigo. She needed proper nutrition and I had to be the one to get it to her.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Feb 5, 2007 1:06 PM
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There is hope! I hated the kitchen, then my mother passed away & I had to learn how to cook. Twenty-one years later and I LOVE to cook. I find cooking & baking relaxing and enjoyable.
Start w/ Kraft (on-line & the magazine), there are a ton of recipes, from the basic to the not so easy. Start w/ the simple and have her work her way up. Believe me the praise she gets from her husband will push her to do more. Baby steps...it will happen. Happy cooking 
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Jan 22, 2007 5:34 PM
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I think it is too late...You will give yourself fissures trying to teach her anything at this point.
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Re: HOW to you get someone to COOK!?!
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Jan 22, 2007 5:32 PM
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When I first started cooking one problem I ran into was I would get my recipe and be missing ingredients. Then I'd have to go to the store and the whole thing turned into a headache. I started writing a weekly menu every Sunday when I had free time. This also helped my budget because I could check my local grocery ads and plan around the weekly specials. I'd also recommend helping her "stock" her pantry. People who don't cook often don't have the necessities in their cupboards. Start with things like flour, sugar, rice, pasta, chicken broth, etc. Having things on hand makes it a lot less of a struggle in the kitchen. If you're not far away, maybe you could take a day and go help her cook a few different meals that she could freeze for another time. I'm a working mom, so I like to make big batches of things like sauces and soups and then freeze them. If she could learn a few basic meals, then maybe she'll become comfortable and branch out some. I know when I was a newlywed I had a bunch of stuff I didn't even know what to use it for. I was a little worried to ask though because I was worried it would make me look inadequate in some way. I realize now, half my relatives didn't know what the stuff was either, and a lot if it I just didn't need. If she can learn basic terms and skills like chopping, simmering, broiling, it gets a lot easier. Now I find cooking relaxing because my family knows if they want to eat they need to leave me alone for a little while in the kitchen. This gives me some quiet, me time to do something I really enjoy, with none of the guilt.
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